ART. 15.] KENT COUNTY. 887

tions held in such town shall not be required to be conducted
in conformity to the requirements of chapter 202, article 33 of
the Acts of 1896, or any amendment thereto.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if it shall happen
that any of the persons voted for and duly elected shall, from
any cause, fail to qualify, then and in that place the person
receiving the next highest number of votes shall be deemed to
have been elected, and shall be so informed by the judges of
elections, and shall thereupon be entitled to qualify as one of
said Councilmen.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of death, resignation,
refusal to act or disqualification of any Councilman, the re-
maining Councilmen, not less than a quorum, shall choose some
person duly qualified and eligible, a Councilman for the un-
expired term.

SEC. 7. And I e it enacted, That the said R. S. Crew, A. Alex-
ander, J. A. Casey, T. B. Durding and Joseph Downey, here-
inbefore appointed Councilmen of said town, shall meet within
thirty days from the passage of this Act, and take the oath
of office prescribed before a justice of the peace for Kent
county, and organize as a board by the election of one of their
number as president, who shall act as Mayor and executive
officer, and appoint a secretary and treasurer, one or more
policemen and a collector of taxes, and such other officers as
may be found necessary, .and do and perform all things re-
quired or allowed to be done by the Mayor and Councilmen
of Rock Hall under the provisions of this Act; and they are
hereby invested with all powers, and are to perform all the
duties authorized or required to be done by the said corpora-
tion under this Act, and shall continue in office until the first
election under this Act, and until their successors are elected
and qualified.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the president of said
board of Councilmen and Mayor, by virtue of his office as presi-
dent and Mayor, shall have all the jurisdiction and powers of a
justice of the peace, except as to the recovery of debts, and may
call upon any officer of said town, entrusted with the receipts
and expenditures of public money, for a statement of his ac-
counts as often as he may think necessary. He shall see that
the ordinances of the board are duly and faithfully executed,
and shall report annually to the board of Councilmen at their
first annual meeting, the general state of the affairs of the
town, with an accurate account of all moneys received and
expended during the preceding year, to be made public for the
information of the citizens.